Disclaimer: Ha! Fooled you, I'm actually JK Rowling, using a fancfiction account to post my sequel! Pity only a hundred or so people are reading it.

A/N: HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! I'm still being awesome and writing this story quickly, yay! This chapter is a BEAST, longer than anything I've written before, I just couldn't find a good place to cut it so you've all got an extra long chapter :) Sorry we're still low on Rose/Scorpius stuff, but I'm trying to pad out the rest of their lives, so you get a lot of next generation awesome stuff in this chapter woooo! There's a small cliffy at the end of this chapter which will lead to a lot of Rose and Scorpius which I'm sure you'll all be thankful for haha! Review please and tell me if you like it, or you'd rather I'd just get on with the romancey parts? Thanks in advance! Oh and I've also updated the 1st chapter with double spaces so it's easier to read.

Enjoy :)

When they reached the Potter household, Scorpius and Albus trudged up the 3 flights of stairs to Albus's room in the attic of the town house, dragging their trunks behind them.

"Remind me why you decided to have the room at the top of a four story house?" Scorpius gasped on the landing of the 2nd floor.

"Because it's cool? And helps me train for quidditch to climb up and down the stairs every day when I'm at home, you know, to get fitter?" Albus shrugged, casually leaning on his trunk.

"Well I don't feel the need to climb 3 flights of stairs everyday to train." Scorpius clutched at the stitch in his side.

"Maybe you should." Albus smirked, grabbing his trunk and starting on the next staircase.

"Yeah, yeah. You're the seeker and the captain; you know what's best for us etcetera etcetera." Scorpius rolled his eyes before groaning as he began pulling his trunk after Albus.

"Well I do want to beat James for the cup this year," Albus called from the next floor. "And hurry up will you, everyone will be arriving soon and we haven't even reached my room yet."

"Fantastic." Scorpius mumbled. "More fun with Rose and Eoghan around."

"I heard that!" Albus called. "Stop moping and get your arse up here Scorpius!"

"Albus Potter, just because you're on the 3rd floor, don't think I can't hear you and your foul language down here!" Ginny Potter yelled from the kitchen on the 1st floor.

"Sorry Mum!" Albus shouted.

Scorpius sighed and pulled his trunk slowly up the remaining stairs to Albus's room. "I can't wait till I'm seventeen." He groaned, pulling his trunk through the doorway. "I'm never going to lift anything myself ever again."

Al's room had been designed and created by him and his Dad about 10 years ago when the Potters had moved to the house. It took up the whole of the attic space and was easily the largest room in the whole house, the only reason that Albus had managed to get it instead of James or Lily was that he didn't mind living in a much smaller room for about a year until it was complete.

There were various maps and posters papering the bare wooden walls and a mismatch of different rugs covering the floor space. There were a couple of proper beds off to one side, but there were many various sofas, chairs, beanbags and hammocks littered throughout the room which made it ideal for large gatherings, and it was usually the site of Weasley/Potter cousins' meetings. There were tube lights wrapped around the visible rafters of the roof, although deemed "girly" by Albus as he grew older, they were the most practical way of lighting the huge space. There was a big wooden desk, a large wardrobe and many shelves along with the recent addition of a muggle TV which Albus had seen in muggle London and decided he wanted in his room.

Scorpius dumped his trunk by the door as he always did and slumped on the bed that was always his, throwing his hands over his face. Albus stood in front of him with a frown.

"Listen, I know that Finnigan kid is a git, who doesn't deserve Rose, but we've got to leave her to make her own decisions. When he hurts her, then we can beat him up okay?" Albus said matter of factly. "So for now can you just try to ignore him or something?"

"Fine." Scorpius grumbled. "But how do I talk to Rose when he's hanging over her all the time?"

"Aw is little Scorpykins missing his girlfriend?" Albus mocked in a baby voice. "You've got to cheer up and get a life mate."

Scorpius threw a book at Albus's head, with one hand still covering his eyes. A thump and a groan told him it had met his mark.

"How did you do that?" Albus asked, rubbing his nose and replacing his glasses.

"What can I say, I'm an amazing chaser." Scorpius opened his eyes and smirked at Albus, "And for saying you're the best seeker Hogwarts has seen since your father, I thought you might have had better reflexes."

Albus scowled and chucked the book back at Scorpius but he dodged it and grinned at Albus.

"I think liked it better when you were miserable." Albus said under his breath.

Then Ginny Potter's voice, magically magnified floated up to them, "Albus, people are starting to arrive, I'll send them up okay?"

"Just don't get into anymore fights okay?" Albus said sternly to Scorpius, who mimed having a halo over his head. Albus rolled his eyes. "This is going to be fun."

Crack.

James had appeared out of thin air, on the sofa opposite Scorpius, seemingly very pleased with himself with the accuracy of his apparition.

"Hello, little brother." James winked at Albus who had slumped onto a bed in shock when his brother had appeared. "Scorpius." He nodded in his direction.

"James." Scorpius nodded back.

"I thought you were going to Fred's?" Albus asked as there was another crack, and Fred appeared next to him.

"We were." James answered.

"But then it seemed like all the fun would be happening here." Fred continued, both of them looking at Scorpius with a gleam in their eyes.

Albus sighed, "Whatever. Hey, where's Louis?" He asked, realizing that the third member of their group was missing.

"He's only a sixth year remember, not seventeen until the end of December, so we left him to take the stairs." James smirked.

"You two are dicks." Louis gasped to James and Fred, appearing in the doorway. "And I hate you too Albus for having a room at the top of 3 flights of stairs.

"See." Scorpius grinned. "I'm not the only one who thinks you're an idiot for that."

"I agree with that." Louis grumbled, throwing himself onto a hammock near where James and Fred were sitting on a sofa.

Slowly, all the other cousins appeared in Albus's room, Dom and Roxy apparated in also, and sat on a beanbag near Fred and James, whispering and giggling about something, throwing Scorpius occasional glances. Scorpius groaned, apparently, he was today's hot gossip for the Weasley clan. Fantastic.

Next, Hugo came in with his best friend Lysander Scamander and sat on a couple of chairs next to the TV, seemingly having their own conversation about something or other, probably the Hufflepuff quidditch team, which they were both a part of.

"Hey, Lysander, where's your brother?" Roxanne leaned over to ask him.

"Waiting for Molly." Lysander replied, with a disgusted look on his face.

"Oh yeah, I forgot about those two, how cute!" Dom and Roxy squealed in the way only teenage girls can while all the rest of the boys in the room rolled their eyes.

Just then, Lily and Lucy arrived, out of breath and scowling at Albus for having to climb all the stairs. Lorcan and Molly weren't far behind, holding hands and blushing at everyone staring at them. They all sat near Hugo and Lysander, on a sofa and a few cushions on the floor.

They all sat for a while, chatting amongst themselves, but Scorpius couldn't relax. Rose and Eoghan weren't here yet.

At that moment, Rose burst into the room with a blotchy face and puffy eyes. She'd obviously been crying, and she was alone.

"Rosie." Scorpius gasped, standing up and starting over to her. She looked at him with a pained expression, before bursting into tears and fleeing the room.

Everyone stopped in shock for a minute, before Dom, Roxy and Lily got to their feet and started after her. Scorpius tried to follow, but Lily turned and stopped him.

"Let us talk to her first." She said seriously. "We'll come and get you when she's ready." She added, when it looked like Scorpius was going to protest.

Scorpius nodded and they left. He exchanged a worried look with Albus, what the hell was going on?